The USAF recently informed in a press release about the first-ever refuelling mission performed by the 340th Expeditionary Aircraft Refuelling Squadron for Rafale fighter aircraft of the Qatar Emiri Air Force. This live-fly training was […]
Boeing 747 enters the regular service, performing its first scheduled passenger flight with Pan Am airline, on the New York – London route. Yes, it really has been more than a half of the century […]
Westland Sea King Mk.41, ´89+55´, Marinefliegergeschwader 5 of the German Naval Aviation (Marineflieger), in special livery ´100th Anniversary of German Naval Aviation´, Nordholz air base, August 2013. At the end of 1960s Germany decided to […]
At the end of last week, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation informed about the commencement of the MiG-31 combat duty in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The regular, although still officially called as […]
On 15th January 2021, the crews from the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division (Tver) and 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (Seshcha) completed a joint training exercise in the Bryansk region. During this exercise, for the […]
Maiden flight of Beechcraft Model 18, commonly known as ´Twin Beech´ – a six to eleven seat, twin-engine light aircraft, developed by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. In the late 1930s, after being […]
General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon, the Royal Norwegian Air Force ´691´, static display at NATO Days 2011, Ostrava-Mošnov, September 2011. In the early 1970s, a few European NATO countries – Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and […]
Maiden flight of ´aircraft 174´, the jet aeroplane being a base for an early Soviet fighter, Lavochkin La-15 (Ла-15, NATO reporting name: Fantail) Lavochkin construction bureau, also known as OKB-301, is usually being associated with […]
Although the last days of December are often associated with holidays and preparations to celebrate the coming year, there are many professions without getting any time off. And military pilots are among them. At the […]
On 3rd January 2021, within the area of an air base in Yekaterinburg (used by the separated military transport aviation regiment of the Central Military District), an Alley of the Russian Glory was officially opened. […]
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